Snap-hook.



Patented Ian. ZI, I902.

' H. SEXTUN.

SNAP 00K.

(Application filed Mar. 31, 190 0.) (No Model.)

WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY SEXTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SNAP HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,669, dated an aryl, 2-

Application filed March 31, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY SEXTON, a citizen of the United States,resid ing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Snap-Hook, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to snap-hooks, and especially to that class of hooks which are adapted to be used with harness and with small ropes; and the object thereof is to provide a hook constructed from a single piece of wire, the same being formed into a hook that shall be very strong and with the use of as small an amount of wire as possible and yet secure the necessary rigidity.

I attain the object of my invention by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a snap-hook constructed according to my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof.

In the accompanying drawings similar numerals of reference referto like parts in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a piece of wire which is bent intermediate of the ends thereof to form an attaching-loop 5 of any desired shape, according to whether it is to be secured to a strap or to a rope or to any other object, and one of theends is carried outward at right angles to the loop 5, and the end thereof is doubled upon itself, as shown at 7, and carried backward for a portion of the length of the arm 6 and is lapped around the said arm 6, as shown at 8, and the two arms are formed into a hook 9, the end of which is spread apart to form a loop 10. The other end 11 is carried across the arm 6 at 12, is then provided with a bent portion 13, is carried outwardly and upwardly, and is adapted to engage the loop 10 or be seated therein when the snap is closed, the end 15 of the tongue 11 extending just far enough to make a'substantial connection, and when completed the hook stands at right angles to the loop, as clearly shown, so that thearm 6 andtongue 11 will bind against each other and make a very strong loop and will also increase the spring action of the tongue 11 in the operation of the hook.

Serial No. 10.898. (No model.)

By bringing the arm 7 back, as shown, to the point where it is passed around the arm 6 at 8 the hook 9 is made more rigid than if this arm were ext-ended back to the loop 5, by

reason of the fact that the short arm is braced against the long arm and the spring actionthereof is reduced, and considerable wire is not only saved, but the spring-tongue 11 can be. turned up, as shown, in direct contact with the arm 6 and is free to move up and down in contact with the same, which would not be the case if the loop 8 were back near the loop 5.

The entire snap is very simple in construction. It can be made of a very low grade of spring-wire and is very effective and cheap.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A snap-hook formed from 'asingle piece of wire bent intermediate of the ends thereof to form a loop, one end being bent upon itself and the doubled portion being formed into a hook, the end of the short arm composing said hook being bent around the. long arm thereof intermediate of the ends of said long arm, the other end of said Wire being formed into a tongue adapted to engage said hook, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A snap-hook formed from a single piece of wire bent intermediate of the ends thereof to form an attaching-loop, one end of said Wire being carried outwardly at right angles to the loop and bent upon itself and the doubled portion being formed into. a hook, the end of the short arm composing said hook being bent around the long arm thereof intermediate of the ends of said long arm,the other end of said wire being carried underneath the said long arm, and being bent upward substantially in contact therewith, and being carried outward to form a spring-tongue adapted to engage said hook, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed myv name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY SEXTON.

' Witnesses:

G. M. HOWELL, N. F. ORoT'rY. 

